A desperate mum has released this distressing video of her bedbound daughter amid claims she has not received any Universal Credit payments in months.

Caroline Austin, from Bridlington, uploaded a post to Facebook of her daughter Charlotte, who has suffered from “severe” multiple sclerosis since the age of 17.

In the heartbreaking video, which has been viewed over two million times, Ms Austin shows the devastating impact the condition has had on her daughter who has been left confined to her room.

She says: “She [Charlotte] is totally bedbound. She has spent most of the time in bed and she is unable to walk. We cannot move her legs, they are in this position all the time.

“She has to have a cushion because of cramps and she needs hoisting because she can’t physically lift her hands up. She can’t feed herself, she has got a catheter and she has to have district nurses come out every other day to do other things.”

Charlotte is bedbound because of multiple sclerosis which she has suffered from since the age of 17 (Image: Caroline Austin/Facebook)

Ms Austin then alleged the government has not given her daughter any Universal Credit payments since September 29 and claims it is because she still has to prove she is not fit to work.

Continuing her rant in the video, which has been posted by The Mirror, Ms Austin says: “Not only have we had no money for her since then, she has also had to go and wait for a work assessment to assess whether she is capable of working.

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“Despite evidence being put in front of them she has got to prove she is unfit to work.”

Ms Austin then turned to her daughter, who struggles to talk, to allow her to reveal her thoughts on the matter.

Charlotte says she thinks the government are being 'bang out of order' (Image: Caroline Austin/Facebook)

Charlotte says: “I think it’s disgusting. They are trying to overrule a doctor and I just think it’s bang out of order.”

Her mother continued: “I’m asking everybody to share this video to prove that Universal Credit is picking on vulnerable people and not taking doctors’ notes into consideration. They don’t give a s**t quite frankly and it’s naffing me off.”

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In the original post, which was put up on Facebook on November 21 and has been shared over 42,000 times, Ms Austin said it is impossible for her daughter to go to a foodbank because of her disability.

This has allegedly led to her spiralling into debt and Ms Austin says her daughter would work if she were able to.

“Although I've tried to help as much as I can she's now fallen into arrears with some of her bills. This is shameful that the government will not accept her sick note been indefinitely signed off.

Caroline's Facebook post in full (Image: Caroline Austin/Facebook)

“Our country should not be driven into poverty because the system is failing the wrong people. I'm sure if given the choice of spending most of her time in bed or going to work, I'm sure charlotte would love to work.

“As a mother dealing with her illness and watching her suffer, it’s hard now trying to sort this out too. All I can say is I stay strong for Charlotte but some people don’t have the strength.”

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